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  It Depends - Writing on...

  Kevin goldsmith

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  It Depends: Writing on Technology Leadership 2012-2022, a collection of essays and articles by technology executive Kevin Goldsmith, is a must-read for current or aspiring engineering managers, directors, and senior technology executives. With over thirty years of experience in leadership roles at industry-leading technology companies like IBM, Silicon Graphics, Microsoft, and Adobe, as well as early-stage startups and unicorns like Spotify, Avvo, Anaconda, and DistroKid, Goldsmith shares his knowledge about leading technology teams and larger organizations in this book. 
  The book covers a range of topics, including creating a culture of experimentation and innovation, managing day-to-day, career development as a technology leader, team building, and practical advice for handling the requirements of the engineering manager role. Goldsmith acknowledges that the context is different in every company and for every person, and he shares his wisdom to help leaders form solutions that make sense for their company, team, and themselves. 
  What sets Goldsmith's writing apart is his ability to provide practical advice and insights that few companies adequately train their managers on. He also offers guidance on how to move from managing a single team to managing managers, organization structure, building career development frameworks, diversity and inclusion, and hiring. By reading It Depends, you'll gain valuable insights into becoming a more effective leader in the technology industry.

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  H sapiens: The Last 12000 Years

  Fil Munas M.D.

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  A COSMIC CONUNDRUM—This astonishing book follows our ascendancy from just another hominin on the open African savannah to the alpha hegemon on Earth today endangering its entire future. Along the way, humans methodically outwitted their competition with phenomenal efficiency and indifference, to emerge in the modern 21st century as the linchpin of a major mass extinction of countless other lifeforms cohabiting their planet with them. The shredding of our fragile ecosphere by massive proliferation and monopolistic overconsumption of Earth’s precious resources by a single invasive species, along with the inexorable combustion of deadly fossil fuels to acquire the energy needed to sustain their profligate and lavish lifestyle, is threatening to drive H. sapiens itself into extinction within the next 300 years. This is the true story of that improbable adventure! 
  ...The Publishers

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  A Woman Among Wolves - My...

  Diane K. Boyd, Douglas H. Chadwick

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  Called the Jane Goodall of wolves, world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Montana near Glacier National Park. When she started in the 1970s, she was the only female biologist in the United States researching and radio-collaring wild wolves. With her two dogs for company, she faced the rigors of the Montana winter in an isolated cabin. 
   
   
   
  Boyd fearlessly forded icy rivers, strapped on skis to navigate thick stands of lodgepole pine, and monitored packs from the air in a tiny bush plane so she could count wolves and see what they were feeding on. She faced down grizzly bears, mountain lions, wolverines—and the occasional trapper—as she stalked her quarry: a handful of wolves that were making their way south from Canada into Montana. She devised her own trapping methods and negotiated with locals as wolf populations grew from the first natural colonizer to more than 3,000 wolves in the West today. 
   
   
   
  Boyd takes the listener on a wild ride from the early days of wolf research to the present-day challenges of wolf management across the globe, highlighting her interactions with an apex predator that captured her heart and her undying admiration. Her writing resonates with her indomitable spirit as she explores the intricate balance of human and wolf coexistence.

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  A Fascinating Journey Through...

  Martin K Ettington

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  Time is a fascinating subject and one which affects our lives in many ways.  
  This book covers a lot of aspects of the subject. 
  First, how did measurements of time like seconds, minutes, hours, and years develop? 
  Next, what is the history of timekeeping mechanisms from ancient water clocks, to mechanical mechanisms, atomic clocks, and much more. 
  Lastly, what are some of the stranger aspects or anomalies of time such as premonitions, how time and space work, and possible time travel stories. 
  And philosophical questions like: Does the future already exist? 
  I wanted this book to be a comprehensive volume on time and so included lots of different stories and understandings about time which indicate we may not fully understand it yet.

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  The Security Guard Handbook...

  Cesare Bisbocci, Kennedy Kao

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  This is the ultimate security guard handbook created by expert instructors at Flex Point Academy for both beginners and veterans alike. Security guard hopefuls will find this book invaluable for studying to pass the official Ontario security guard exam to earn their security guard licence. The security guard handbook also doubles as a useful reference in the field for new and seasoned guards alike. 
  In order to best prepare for a career in security, this handbook covers the following topics in great detail: 
  - Introduction to the security industry 
  - PSISA and the code of conduct 
  - Basic and advanced security procedures 
  - Report writing fundamentals 
  - Health and safety 
  - Emergency response preparation 
  - The Canadian legal system 
  - Effective communication 
  - Sensitivity training 
  - Use of force theory 
  - Level C First Aid & Security 
  - Official ministry exam study tips

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  The Truth About Sleep You Were...

  Elena Cross

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Discover the critical importance of sleep that modern culture systematically ignores while undermining the rest your body desperately requires for health, cognition, and longevity. This essential audiobook presents the neuroscience and health research revealing sleep as the foundation of all other biological functions rather than optional downtime to be minimized. Learn why sleep deprivation produces effects comparable to intoxication while society celebrates exhaustion as proof of dedication and productivity. The narrator reveals how inadequate sleep causes weight gain, immune dysfunction, cognitive impairment, emotional instability, and increased mortality that accumulate silently until catastrophic failure. Discover the specific biological processes occurring during sleep that cannot happen while awake and why no amount of stimulants can substitute for actual rest. Understand how artificial lighting, screens, shift work, and always-on culture have created an epidemic of sleep deprivation with consequences rarely attributed to their actual cause. This audiobook examines sleep disorders, circadian biology, and the environmental factors destroying sleep quality for millions who never recognize why they feel perpetually depleted. Learn evidence-based strategies for improving sleep quality and quantity that address root causes rather than symptoms. Essential listening for anyone feeling chronically tired, experiencing health problems with mysterious origins, or seeking to understand why rest matters far more than productivity culture admits.

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